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Duel Ser.: B-24 Liberator vs Ki-43 Oscar : China and Burma 1943 by Edward M. Young (2012, Trade Paperback)

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During the late 1930s an armament race developed between bombers and the fighters that were bent on stopping them. The development of multi-engined, multi-gun, all-metal bombers forced a corresponding increase in fighter armament which, in turn, led to further attempts to improve bomber armament to ensure its ability to survive in the face of hostile fighters. The US Army Air Corps (USAAC) requested that powered gun turrets be fitted to its two principal long-range bombers, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator. In reviewing reports of air combat from Spain, China and the early stages of the war in Europe, the USAAC assumed that the greatest danger to the bomber would be attacks from the rear quarter, and thus took steps to ensure that both the B-17 and the B-24 had tail turrets. A powered turret above and behind the cockpit could deal, it was felt, with attacks from the frontal quarter so that the nose armament for the B-17 and the B-24 consisted of several hand-held 0.50-cal machine guns, but not a powered turret. German and Japanese fighter pilots would soon discover and exploit this weakness. The JAAF's response to the increase in bomber armament was to develop a so-called heavy fighter in parallel to the development of the Army's main fighter, the Ki-43 Hayabusa (known as the 'Oscar'), which sacrificed armament for superior manoeuvrability. Yet the inability of the Japanese aircraft industry to produce these heavier fighters (the Kawasaki Ki-60 and Nakajima Ki-44) in sufficient quantities meant that the JAAF had no alternative but to rely on the Ki-43 to intercept American heavy bombers. Under the ideal conditions that existed in the Burma and China theatres for much of 1943, the absence of escort fighters allowed the Ki-43 pilots to press home their attacks to devastating effect.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1849087024
ISBN-13
9781849087025
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109013141

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Book Title
B-24 Liberator Vs Ki-43 Oscar : China and Burma 1943
Author
Edward M. Young
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Aviation
Publication Year
2012
Genre
History
Number of Pages
80 Pages

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Item Length
9.9in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
7.2in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz

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Series Volume Number
41
Lc Classification Number
Da767
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"A powerful survey for any military history or aircraft collection." --James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review (August 2012) "Edward M. Young superbly sets the stage with notes on notions shaping Japanese and American weapons development. After a convenient chronology, contents course through design and technical remarks on both warplanes. Text then turns to 'combatants' and 'combat' the impact of training, armament and tactics on battle performance ... Note, too, that Young's B-24 Liberator vs Ki-43 Oscar: China and Burma 1943 perfectly complements his earlier B-24 Liberator vs Ki-43 Oscar: China and Burma 1943 (Combat Aircraft 87) another outstanding OSPREY handbook on World War II aerial combat over Southeast Asia." --David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com, "Edward M. Young superbly sets the stage with notes on notions shaping Japanese and American weapons development. After a convenient chronology, contents course through design and technical remarks on both warplanes. Text then turns to 'combatants' and 'combat' -- the impact of training, armament and tactics on battle performance ... Note, too, that Young's B-24 Liberator vs Ki-43 Oscar: China and Burma 1943 perfectly complements his earlier B-24 Liberator vs Ki-43 Oscar: China and Burma 1943 (Combat Aircraft 87) -- another outstanding OSPREY handbook on World War II aerial combat over Southeast Asia." -- David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com "A powerful survey for any military history or aircraft collection." -- James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review (August 2012), "A powerful survey for any military history or aircraft collection." --James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review (August 2012)
Table of Content
Introduction /Chronology /Design and development /Strategic situation /Technical specifications /The combatants /Combat /Statistics and analysis /Aftermath /Bibliography /Glossary
Illustrated by
Hector, Gareth, Laurier, Jim
Copyright Date
2012
Dewey Decimal
940.54259
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Duel Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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